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St. Anthony Track & Field

St. Anthony Coach, AD Cry Foul After Arcadia Disqualification

The St. Anthony athletic community is rallying behind senior track stars Asjah Atkinson and London Lee after their Arcadia Invitational performances were disqualified due to a rules violation. The DQ falls particularly harshly on Atkinson, who pulled off a rare double-individual win at the prestigious invitational, claiming the gold in the 100 hurdles and the […]

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Millikan Soccer

Feature: Historic Millikan Girls Soccer Title Came After Special Team Bonding

Millikan girls’ soccer coach Tino Nunez knew something wasn’t right. His two-time defending Moore League champion Rams were struggling out of the gate despite a ton of talent on the field, starting the season 0-3-2, and being outscored 10-5. Worse, the team was outscored 5-2 by Wilson and Poly in their first two big league […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Kelsey Adams, Long Beach Poly Soccer Long Beach Poly senior and Pepperdine signee Kelsey Adams helped lead the Jackrabbits to a Moore League co-championship with a win over Wilson last week. Adams had a pair of quality goals in Poly’s […]

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Basketball Compton Lakewood

Basketball: Compton Edges Lakewood, Holds Onto Share of League Lead

Moments after his team defeated Long Beach Poly on the road for the first time since 2008, Compton boys’ basketball coach Tony Thomas was already stressed about his team’s prospects of hanging onto a co-Moore League championship with the Jackrabbits.  “The key for us is we can’t slip up and lose a dumb one,” said […]

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Basketball Compton Long Beach Poly

Basketball: Compton Beats Long Beach Poly, Upends Moore League

The Compton boys’ basketball team beat Long Beach Poly last night in the Ron Palmer Pavilion, marking their first road victory over the Jackrabbits since 2008, when NBA All-Star DeMar DeRozan was on the roster. Compton led wire to wire and was the more intense, engaged and motivated team for the entire game, which they […]

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Long Beach Poly Volleyball Wilson

Volleyball: Wilson Sweeps Poly, Clinches Moore League Championship

The Wilson boys’ volleyball team has been the class of the city this year, and coming into Tuesday’s Moore League championship match at Long Beach Poly the Bruins were undefeated without dropping a set. In fact, only one team had even reached 20 points against Wilson, in a single set. Tuesday, the Bruins got their […]

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Badminton: Long Beach Poly’s Sek, Lakewood’s Monh Claim League Crowns

The shortened Moore League badminton season is coming to an end this week at Wilson High as the league hosts its singles, doubles, and mixed doubles championships, following an exhibition season where no team champion was crowned. Monday’s singles tournaments featured exciting come-from-behind wins from Long Beach Poly’s Karah Sek on the girls’ side and […]